ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,042, issued on July 28, was assigned to Xiamen Hongfa Electric Power Controls Co. Ltd..

"Relay" was invented by Wenguang Dai (Xiamen, China), Zengguang Zheng (Xiamen, China), Fangneng Li (Xiamen, China) and Shuming Zhong (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay includes a base, a contact part disposed on the base and including two sets of movable contact part, a push rod assembly including a first push rod and a second push rod respectively connected to two sets of movable contact parts, and a magnetic circuit part including a coil assembly and an armature assembly. The armature assembly is pivotally connected to the bas...